The Determinants of Foreign Tourism Demand to Indonesia: Gravity Model Approach

Dyah Titis Kusuma Wardani, Nufimbar Susy Anindita Handayani

2019

Abstract

This study aims to analyse the determinants of foreign tourists coming to Indonesia. Tourism sector is important in Indonesian economy because it is one of potential sources of foreign exchange and promotes economic growth. Decrease in number of domestic tourists is not as important as foreign ones since the later can be a potential source of foreign exchange. Model of travel cost demand for tourism is estimated using panel data, consisting of eight countries during 2009-2016. Data were compiled from Indonesian Statistical Agency and the World Bank database. The result shows that distance is a one of significant factors that reduces the number of foreign tourists coming to Indonesia. Indonesian policy should provide a guarantee of airline access for tourists in order to attract more arrivals. Increase in such visit will lead to increase in job creation and share of GDP, and eventually strengthen Indonesian economy.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Wardani D. and Handayani N. (2019). The Determinants of Foreign Tourism Demand to Indonesia: Gravity Model Approach.In Proceedings of the International Conference on Creative Economics, Tourism and Information Management - Volume 1: ICCETIM, ISBN 978-989-758-451-0, pages 224-229. DOI: 10.5220/0009867602240229

in Bibtex Style

@conference{iccetim19,
author={Dyah Titis Kusuma Wardani and Nufimbar Susy Anindita Handayani},
title={The Determinants of Foreign Tourism Demand to Indonesia: Gravity Model Approach},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Creative Economics, Tourism and Information Management - Volume 1: ICCETIM,},
year={2019},
pages={224-229},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0009867602240229},
isbn={978-989-758-451-0},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Creative Economics, Tourism and Information Management - Volume 1: ICCETIM,
TI - The Determinants of Foreign Tourism Demand to Indonesia: Gravity Model Approach
SN - 978-989-758-451-0
AU - Wardani D.
AU - Handayani N.
PY - 2019
SP - 224
EP - 229
DO - 10.5220/0009867602240229